Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-12
WASHINGTON.
Tie Eighth Cavalry in Texas to Ex'
change Places with the Seventh
Cavalry in Dakota.
on tho Acquisition of the Hennepin
Canal-Nominations of Texans.
A CHANGE OF BASE.

CHANGE OF BASE.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lit Is stated
here that the Eighth cavalry, now in
Texas, will exchange stations in the spring
with the Seventh cavalry in Dakota. The
Eighth caTalry has been serving in Texas
about eleven years, nine years previous
to their coming to Texas having served
in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California,
Arizona and New Mexico. All OF
their transfers were made by marches.
If this charge of the Eighth with the
Seventh is really intended, there will be
to record regiment moving from the
most southern limits of the United States
to it's most northern. Such a move
would strain the resources of many
officers in finding means to
move their families and household
goods, and on reaching Dakota they will
not find for sometime their expenses
aoated, for their many families will re-
quire other clothing than such as they
wear IN the semi-tropical country along
the Rio Grande.
NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE president
sent the following nominations to the
senate to-day: Postmasters-As McKin-
ney, Tex, W. w. Marritt; Coleman, Tex,
NJ. NJ Callan.
War Departmental Harry D. Humphrey,
Idaho, second. lieutenant Twentieth in
fantry.
! Safe Department-To be consuls of the
United States, 0. 3. Collins, Mississippi,
at Charlottstown; Fred Ellison, Indiana,
at St. Helena.
THE HANNEPIN CANAL.
WAsHIN GToN, Jan. 1.-THE secretary
of war to-day transmitted to the house
report from the board of engineers ap-
| pointed under the terms of the last
river and harbor- bill upon the
proposed acquisition by the government
of the Illinois and Michigan
Hennepin canal. The report was gener-
ally favorable to the construction of the
proposed canal on the line which is desig-
mated in the bill reported by the house
committee On railways and canals.
NOVEL SUIT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia decision
was rendered yesterday in novel and
Interesting international case of the king
of the Beigians by Charles Mall, consul,
against the keeper of the common jail of
Hudson county, n. J. On the 10th Of last
October there occurred on board of the
Belgian ship Nordland, lying in her dock
at Jersey City, 4 fight between her sailors,
in the course of which one of them
named Wiidneuruis stabbed and killed
0nother named Frigeus, both b lglGn
subjects. The police authorities arrested
the murderer and two other sailors who
were witnesses OF the fight, and impris-
Oned them in the jersey City jail. The
Belgian consul, acting under Instructions
from his government, demanded the
release of all the prisoners on the ground
that the crime was committed within the
jurisdiction of the kingdom of Belgium,
and that under the law OF nations he as
consul had Sole authority in the premises.
The demand for the release of the prison
ers was refused, WheTeupon the consul
sued oLt writ OF habeGs corpus, and
upon the dismissal CT that writ By the
United States circuit court he brought
tle case to this court by appeal. Justice
Waite speaking for tine court in this case
said: The principle which governs the
whole matter is Jhis: Disorders which
disturb only the peace OF 8 ship or these
on board are t. be dealt with exclusively
by the sovereignty Of the home OF the
ship, but those which disturb the repose
OF the people on shore may be suppressed
and if need be, the offenders punished
by the proper authO tiles of local
jurisdiction. 1t may not be easy at all
times to determine TO which Of the two
Jurisdictions particular act of disorder
belongs. Much viii undoubtedly depend
On the attending circumstances OF the
particular case, but all must concede that
felonious homicide is subject for local
jurisdiction, and If the proper auth0ri-
ties are proceeding with the case in the
regular manner the consul has no right to
interfere TO prevent It. The decree of
the circuit court dismissingthe writ OF
habeas corpus is affirmed.
WASHINGTON MOTHS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL "A message was
LAID before the senate to-day from the |
president transmitting the draft of pro-
posed legislation, prepared in the office |
of Indiln Affairs, providing for the per |
capita payment to the Delaware Indians |
resident in the Cherokee Nation, Indian |
territory, of the amount of their trust |
fund, the principal and interest held by |
the United States, in accordance with the |
treaties with those Indians.
Senator Frye to day proposed an
amendment to the postotfice appropris- |
ton bill, making an appropriation of
$780, 900 for the transportation of South |
American mails in American vessels.
HALEY OF Idaho introduced a bill dis
franchising and denying the right &c hold |
public lands in the territories to persons
who practice oigemy or polygamy.
Salvation OIL is at,snce prompt and reliable
as a pain cure. PTicsoalg 20 cents bottle